Today’s Gallops Tips
Want some extra Xmas money? It’s a piece of piss. And we’ve only just begun. Editor’s note – That’s a bit of false bravado. The way we’ve been going the past couple of weeks only a fool would follow us in.
Oh Mickey You’re So Fine – You’re So Fine You Blow My Mind – And Your Wallet
Michael Guerin 16 DEC 2022 One of the New Zealand’s most tactical drivers believes Stylish Memphis can win tonight’s NZ$100,000 Queen Of Hearts at Alexandra Park, but not in the manner many would expect. David Butcher will partner the multiple Group 1-winning mare for only the second time in Auckland’s richest mare’s pace of the […]
I’ve Said it Before, I Will Say it Again – Jason Grimson is a Cheat
Check these stats out. Boncel Benjamin’s form in 12 starts before it went to Grimson 848245525326 Earnings = $18 660 Boncel Benjamin’s form in 13 starts with Grimson 3101333329180 Earnings = $329 700 Boncel Benjamin’s form in 12 starts after it left Grimson 297460886000 Earnings = $8 350 Whoever said that the drugs don’t work? […]
No Jason, Do You Cast a Shadow – A Real Dark One Indeed (First Published February 2022)
I Cast No Shadow is a six-year-old pacer who has had 70 starts for 4 different trainers in 2 countries over 4 seasons. In all of those starts he has never run a faster winning mile rate than 1.54.6. Today at Menangle at his second start back after an eight week break – boom boom […]
Jason Grimson is a Cheat and a Thief, and Should Be Scrubbed Out of Harness Racing for Life (First Published September 2021)
Kerry Ann Morris is one of NSW leading trainers. She has won 2 of the past 5 State training premierships, and finished 2nd in the other three, and is the leader on the current season table. A pacer named The Raconteur was trained by Morris for the first 13 of its 15 start career. It […]
A Letter to Jason Grimson (First Published June 2021)
Dear Jason I am sorry for calling you a cheat. I was wrong, and I apologise. In recent times you’ve been put under the microscope more than any other trainer in living memory. The Stewards camped at your place three times a week for three weeks and found nothing. This week they marched your horses […]
ASX Puts Betmakers Under the Pump Over $15 Million Cash Deal For Matt Tripp
This one is hard to explain in simple terms to mug punters like us, but I will try. Betmakers Technology Group Ltd is a con. It’s main business is creating wagering platforms for online bookies, but they are shit. Think BETR, who is at the centre of this story. Do you like betting with them? […]
Get to Chinchilla if You Can Tomorrow – If You Can’t Then Kick Into the Tin, and Observe the Silence
Chinchilla is a town in mourning. Everywhere in Queensland is, including here. Tomorrow the town full of tragedy is going to race in honour of our fallen heroes. I wish I didn’t live a thousand miles away, because I want to be there. We all do. Hopefully every club that is racing in the State […]
Gus Gets the Assistant Coach Gig For the Maroons
Nah I am not kidding. It is just not footy as you imagined, it’s the races. Geoffrey ‘Gus’ Goold – a former jockey who was been working as a stipe for 5 years since a horror injury ended his riding career – is about to become the Deputy Chief Steward (Thoroughbred) in Queensland. There you […]
It’s Not Tassie – And It’s Not QLD – That Leaves Harness Racing NSW
The mail has been coming thick and fast since we published our article about the kiwi harness racing chief Gary Woodham coming to Australia, and the markets have changed dramatically. Woodham is 100-1 about getting the Racing QLD job. Acting Tasracing CEO Andrew Jenkins is $1.01 to get that job. Which leaves only one for […]